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G/SPS/N/QAT/25 
25 July 2011 
 (11-3745) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  QATAR 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Environment 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  ICS Code: 67.120 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Gulf region  
5. Title of the notified document:  Prepared Meat: Heat Treated Pressed Meats 
Language(s):  Arabic and English  Number of pages:  11 and 10 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/QAT//11_2385_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Technical Regulation concerns heat treated pressed 
meats prepared from beef or buffalo or camel or lamb or domesticated birds or rabbit meats, free of bones, cartilages and tendons and p acked in suitable containers;  definitions,  
requirements, sampling, methods of test and exam ination,  packing, transportation, storage, 
labelling. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
 CAC/STAN 96-1981.  Cooked Cured Ham.  Codex Alimantarius Vol. 10/1994 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] No G/SPS/N/QAT/25 
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   If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
 Codex Alimentarius Commission Alinorm 83/ 16 Report of the Twelfth Session of the 
Codex Committee on Processed Meat and Poultry Products  
 Leatherhead Food R.A. Food Legislation Survey s No. 6. Heavy Metals in Foods Second 
Edition, 1986. 
 Codex Alimentrarius Commission 11 /1991 Codex Committee on Additives and 
Contaminants - Twenty-Third Session 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the Official Journal 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Six (6) months as from the date of application 
in the Official Journal  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :    
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  23 September 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  http://www.saso.org.sa 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Ministry of Environment  
Standard department  
P.O. Box:  23277 State of Qatar E-mail:  standard@qatar.net.qa